The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-01-07

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Could not fail to make them grieve.
"Ah, it q sad to see this blackness
DER our town." they SOFTLY said.
Then they put their heads together
And agreed to paint it red
1t was cloudy and disagreeabIe all day
yesterday.
Yesterday is what might be called
pretty dull day for this season Of the
year.
German Divine Service next Sunday,
at 8 o'clock, p. M, in the Baptist church.
Every body is invited.
The lodge of +. and A. NJ. will meet at
the lodge room to- night, where full at
tendance is desired. Work in the third
degree.
The complimentary entertainment to
be given to Miss Darlington, will take
place at st. Marks Academy one even
ing next week, due notice of which will
be given in these columns.
The Germs Baptists will hold their
annual love-feast at Keuka, January s,
commencing at p. m. At O'Clock sew
eral will be baptized in the lake near the
church. The meeting will continue over
Sunday.
As soon as the severe weather in the
North breaks sufficiently to make travel
pleasant, tourists are expected to come
in large numbers to Florida, notwith-
standing the great inducements being
made to carry all the tourist travel to the
Pacific Coast
A social dance will be given at Pc
mona next Tuesday, January 18th. by
"Our Club" the new social organization
of that section. Well known gentlemen
have the entertainment in hand, and a
pleasant evening will he enjoyed by all
who attend.
Holland & McMahon's circus will he
mere again on next Saturday, and will
exhibit several times on the old Larkin
House lot. The performances of the
company gave general satisfaction at
their last visit, and the tent will no
doubt he crowded on this occasion.
A schooner load of iron rails is being
discharged at the j., T. & X. w. Ry.
wharf, intended to be used in extending
the Blue Springs, Orange City & Atlantic
Coast railroad, one of the shortest roads
with the longest name in Florida. An
other schooner with a cargo of iron for
the same road is expected to arrive to-
day.
The lecture of Mr.. Sam. w. Small. at
the Methodist church Wednesday even
ing, was generally discussed yesterday.
While a great many do not agree with
him fully in his conclusions, all acknowl-
edge his exceptional ability and talent as
a speaker, and he will not lack hear
ers should he ever return to the city to
lecture or preach.
Miss p. T. Chamberlain, a young lady
from Massachusetts, who takes a great
interest in the question of educating the
colored people. and who is IN charge of
the new school building erected by the
generosity of Der uncle, will teach the
school mentioned in yesterdays paper.
She hopes 20 build up fiourishing night
school, and has made her terms very low.
We were shown yesterday a pair of
boar's tusks, taken from a wild boar
killed in Rice creek swamp, near Pa
latka, a few days ago. The hog weighed
more than three hundred pounds, and
was killed by Mr.. Jimmie Grooms. The
tusks were about seven inches long, and
shows just what q Florida razor back
can do when given the freedom of the
swamps.
One of the pleasantest AS well as one
of the most interesting events of the
Amusement season, will be the appear
ance here Of the popular Oliver Byron in
his very romantic and highly sensational
melodrama THE Inside Track" His
support, the accomplished Miss Kate
Byron and the Byron Combination, is
the same as last season. The date at
Fry's Opera House is January 18th.
A Washington special to the Times
U"io" of yesterday, says: THE Sixth
Auditor Of the Treasury, in document
to Congress. reports the following sums
lue postmasters and ex-postmasters in
Florida, under the act of March Sd, 1888,
by which salaries were readjusted. Many
OF these applied to persons who were
postmasters as far back as 1870 to 1874
Henry Blair, post master at Belleville,
$50; F.. l.. Ware, hey West, $1,.21; W.
f. Moore, Madison, &1a5: ALI Osgood,
Madison, $3.50; Ozias Burlington, Middle
burg. 80; c. A. Cowgirl, Orange Wells,
SIS; f.. w. Speer. Orlando. $16: w. c.
Show. PaIatka, $36S; VIM. l. Daniels,
Port Orange, $3e: C. Slayer. Tampa, s6s;
Nj. C. Robinson. Vernon. Sa2.
Mr.. III. II. Warden, chief clerk at the
Putnam House, has been on the war
path and returned yesterday full of glory
and covered with blood (metaphorically